Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Genre: Biography
• Genre: US History
• List: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

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  Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

  By Angela Joy (Author), Janelle Washington (Illustrator)

  Accompanied by striking cut-paper illustrations, this moving picture book biography illuminates Mamie Till-Mobley’s life and the ways in which the murder of her son affected her activism during the civil rights era. 

  • Nonfiction, US History, Biography, African American
  • Notable Children's Books 2023, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2023 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781250220950
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  This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

  By Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy

  This engaging, powerful memoir in verse details 14 year-old Boyce's experiences during the desegregation of her high school as one of the Clinton 12 in Tennessee. Text from primary sources adds to the authenticity and demonstrates the extensive research that supplements her memories.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2020, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2020 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781681198521
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  Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

  The inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer's own words. The biography takes her from a sharecropping child to a community leader.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2016, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2016 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763665319